A Unanderra woman’s mind is racing after waking up on Friday morning to discover she is the winner of $200,000 in this week’s Lucky Lotteries Mega Jackpot draw.
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She said her mind is swimming with “endless possibilities” after the shock discovery she won the guaranteed first prize of $200,000 in Lucky Lotteries Mega Jackpot draw 1156, drawn on Monday.
She decided to check her ticket first thing Friday after hearing there had been a Lucky Lotteries win in the Wollongong area.
She had purchased her winning entry of 10 random numbers at Unanderra Newsagency.
While her winning entry was registered to a Players Club Card, the contact details were not up to date which meant NSW Lotteries officials had no way of contacting the winner to break the life-changing news.
When NSW Lotteries finally got to speak to her on Friday morning she couldn’t stop thanking them and described the win as “wonderful and amazing”.
A regular Lucky Lotteries player shared she has been keeping an eye on the climbing Lucky Lotteries Mega Jackpot prize, which now sits at more than $26 million.
Still in shock at her win the Unanderra resident is still deciding how she will spend her windfall.
“I’m a bit flustered to be honest,” she laughed.
“There are endless possibilities. I haven’t processed it all yet.”
Unanderra Newsagency owner Karen Manning said the outlet was celebrating selling its first major winning entry since she, her husband and her sister bought it last year.
“It’s fantastic. It’s our first big one,” she said.
“It’s been very exciting. Everyone’s been coming in and checking their tickets.
“I’m so glad the winner is one of our local customers and we wish them all the very best with their prize.
“We can’t wait to sell another big one.”
The Lucky Lotteries Mega Jackpot prize is now $26.68 million for draw 1158 while the Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot is now $1.41 million for draw 10257.
Lucky Lotteries tickets can either be purchased at a NSW Lotteries outlet or online.